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      Soiree To Thomas Cooper, The Char T1st P...

      soiree to thomas cooper , the char T 1 ST POET . The first anniversary ofthe liberation from Stafford gaol of Thomas Cooper , " the Chartist poet , orator , and es sayist , " was celebrated on Monday nl » ht in the Chartist Hall , Turnagain-lane , _Skmrner-straet . About two hundred persons of both _gexes partook of tea and Coffee , although the company afterwards received a considerable accession to listen to the subsequent proceedings . T . Wakley , Esq , M . P . presided . Among those present on the platform we observed W . Thorn , the _i oet _| of Inverury _. ¦ ¦ ...

      The Secretary read a great number of letters from distinguished persons who had been invited , generally concurring in the propriety of the demonstration , and expressive of their admiration of Mr . Coopers genius , but regretting inability from various causes to attend . Among these may be _mentioned _A'oug ? s Jerrold , Charles Mackay , 6 . Duncan , L . Hey worth , W . D . Saul . G . Thorpeon , J . Sturge , W . G . i ox , _* .. MialL and William Howitt . A letter fronrthe oftce to Mr . Charles Dickens , announced that _W ™ " _*" man had long ceased to have any connection _mtit Oat journal . Mr . T . S . _Dnncombe was prevented from a ttending bv the interesting nature of the _pro"ffi'XSZS * _««» _B _« t sentiment , which * _«™«\ L « i » mar _thev sneedily attain their

      _poMeal and social rights , so that they _™ ay become Xt < £ d and nature designed them , ahappy , united _Ind _pebble race of human beings- '' He _^ regretted { b _» t wi _* h all the past exertions which had been made to elevate the condition of the people , they were still the toilin" slaves of the idle few . Why -was this ? Itwas * oecau ? e and only because the people as a whole did not support as they ought the efforts of these who laboured for them , and because the burden Ihus falling upon the shoulders of a few , they were dispirited and worn out , and at last driven from the field . If the people bad Idene their duty after the exertioRs of many past years , instead of meeting to celebrate the release of Mr . Cooper frem prison they ¦ wou ld have assembled to celebrate his return to

      parliament . He thought if another friend now on the platform ( Mr . O ' Connor ) was in that house he would be able to confer a greater service on the people . ( Loud cheers . ) He also regretted that men like the Chartist Executive Committee , who were capable of effecting so muoh _echhL were not po 5 sessed . of seats in Ine legislature . ( Great applause . ) Their chairman had tcstisGed in his place in the House of Commons to the inowledge snd eloquence he had heard from working-class speakers at their meetings . Why was it , then , that they only were excluded from participating in the deliberations which exercised so vast an influence ovor their well-being ? ( Hear . ) Because they did not use the power they possessed . Mr . Cleave then related an anecdote , exhibiting great j and after

      _lonesty on the part of Mr . Cooper ; expressing his happiness to be present to dohim honour , proposed the sentiment , -which was received with _acclamation . _ t Mr . Fbaseb , in an animated and lengthy speech , proposed ** The health of Thomas Cooper , the Chartist Poet . " He was prond to stand forward to do honour to a man who wrote not mere namby-pamby rhymes , but whose works at once evinced the highest genius , and inculcated the comprehensive and peaceful doctrines of democracy . _ There was something sublime in the contemplation of their guest emerging from his prison , after suffering bodily pain and mental anguish for upwards of two years , with that gem under his arm , which had given Chartism " a local _habitation and a name . "—( Loud Cheers . ) Until then , journalists , preachers _.

      and novelists , D'Israeli _among them , with all his genius and good intentions , had either presented monsters altogether unlike ' Chartism , or mock portraits which wanted vitality , but it was reserved for Cooper to diffuse abroad the real essence of Chartism , clothed in the language of genius . —( Loud Cheers . ) Yes , the people were now taught by their Own class . At home , Jerrold , the compositor ; W . J . Fox , the Norwich -weaver boy ; Thorn , the wearer ; and Cooper , the shoemaker , held an honoured place . Across the Channel , Michelet , the printer , the author of The People , and other similar works , occupied a similar powerful position . These were men who bad participated in the toils and strn gles of their class , and their position and influence now reflected upon it . —( Loud applause . ) Mr . Shaw , the secretary , then read the following address to Mr . Cooper : — AN ADDRESS OF THE WORKING MEN OF LONDON TO THOMAS COOPER , TBE " CHARTIST POET . " ORATOR , & ESSAYIST , Presented on the First _Anniversary of hisLiberation from Stafford Gaol , at the Hall . Tarnagain Lane , Snow Hill , on Monday , May 4 th , 1846 .

      President, - Thomas Waklbt, Esq., M. P.

      President , - Thomas _Waklbt , Esq ., M . P .

      «• — -Brothers , —stifle not the germs of worth That now within ye spring 1—With us commove , Tousher in _thejuralee of Truth _anflliovel " Worthv and Respected Brother , In addressing Labour ' s Laureate , the Poet of Chartism , the eloquent advocate of universal justice , and the fervent friend of insulted and suffering humanity , we would avoid if possible the imputation of man-worship , and eschew the servile language of adulation ; yet we claim the privilege—nay , demand the right—to use that language which will best con-Tey our feelings , and reflect our sentiments , regardless ofthe sneer ofthe cynic , or the taunt of the ignorant and brutalized of whatever class . Upon the Anniversary of the day which opened the prison doors , and released the patriot from the legal grasp ofthe " i foes , Ubiquitous , relentless , tbat oppose And track through life the footsteps of the brave , ¦ Who chamjion Truth — . " and gave to the world that which it looks for—but at distant intervals—namely , a . oenuisk poet , who " mid ' the _Tapours of a dungeon , " " i Dreamt , —for thoughts are dreami , "of the destiny of man ; and —instead of heaping curses upon Ms persecutors , or launching the shafts of hatred at the _ingratitude of Ms class , for -whose sake he wore the fetters , —chose for his theme the means of their escape from their present thraldom of hate and antagonism _. _and revelled in the joyous anticipations of the coming time " . i when earth shall ba A garden of joy from sea to sea !" Accept then , honoured friend , upon this gratifying occasion , the grateful homage of your assembled Brothers and Sisters , the sons and daughters of physical toil , who admire your genius , as they ought to admire any other abstract gift of Nature to her children : bnt which , like frail human beauty , when allied with vice , or employed to pander to injustice , inverts Nature ' s design , and has ( we regret to say ) too often " ' on the few with bounty smiled ,

      But on the many wastiufily hath breathed a pestilence !' That admiration must be increased , much beyond our limited means of expression , to find lofty genius united with stern unbending honesty , great moral courage , disinterestedness to an almost unparalleled -degree in this selfish age of mammon worship , a heroic devotion in the cause of human redemption , and a burning " zeal to end man s wretchedness , " which has only been augmented by the persecution of our enemies , and stimulated by the insults and misrepresentations of our own class . We trust , friend , we can appreciate that singleness of purpose , which , while it makes you thirst " __—— the healing balm to pour , Of gentle goodness , on your brother's soul . " constrains you to tell us what / yon conceive to be ou ? faults , and to scorn to natter our prejudices for the sake of vulgar and fleeting popularity . Be assured , generous patriot , —man of expanded social sympathies , noble toiler in the vineyard of truth , —that although you have not yet discovered on the surface ofthe soil , great results from your sanguine labours , still the seed has sunk deeply into the hearts of many of your countrymen , and will , ere long , y ield a harvest that will repay , your generous sacrifices . Yes , even now , there are hundreds of your brothers and sisters In the family circle , teaching their tenderlings to lisp with respect the name of " Thomas Coopbb . " " at tqe frame aad loom , At bench and forge , ond in the bowelltd mine ; And when the scanty hour of rest is come , " Men think and pray that your life may be long , as jour career must be brilliant and useful , " ¦ and whan _comsth Life ' s farewell day , Thou wilt be able to smile and say' "Welcome life , or welcome death ! I hare loved the truth , and to yield my breath I feel no fear : Trnth gladdened my life , —and the gloom of death Its glorious light shall cheer I '" and ere jou throw off "this portal coil , " you will have the pleasing consolation in resigning the spirit that animated it to "The Great Life Giver , " to know that you have not lived in vain , that you leave the world better than yen found it , « —— for what viaticum , Heed weif Death be unto Life the path , But truthfulness of heart . " And when dark and gloemy prejudice has expired before the light of knowledge , when gilded folly and cheerless vice have sunk beneath the genial warmth of wisdom and vir tue , when triumphant truth shall have vanquished error , and reason assnmes her sway over the human mind , —as the Purgatory of the Priest becomes shorn of its terrors , your "Purgatory" will be admired and reverenced , its precepts become " Wise Saws" to many " Modern Instances , " and its lav , which ia for _ali tine , will be ehauntea

      President, - Thomas Waklbt, Esq., M. P.

      amongst the "People ' s Songs , " at many » blithesome "Yule Feist / ' yet to come . ¦ , „ _, Again we say ,, accept . . beloved brother , the only mark of esteem the woifcingm en of _^ n _™ " _^ n ° _f _= ? = | _hTA _| p _*^ _-ry _SS ««« f _^ fA : s know tbat there are some hearts that respond to , and beat for , the same GioMons Object . _; Mr . Cooper was then presented with a poetic crown of laurel , and an olive branch , emblematic of his title to the name of poet , and the peaceful nature of his principles .

      The Chairman said that as pressing and _importan t business would compel him , much against his inclination , to return shortly to his duties in Parliament , he begged permission of the meeting to say a few words before he left . —( Cheers ) lie had te express his sincere gratification in participating in their labours that night * . they were labours which reflected high honour upon Mr . Cooper , but at the same time , reflected still more honour on themselves for paying public honour to high moral and mental qualities . —( Applause . ) In thus selecting intellect , feeling , and moral qualities of the highest order to do homage to , they were most effectually showing their right and their fitness to participate in political privileges . It was impossible that a people with

      such feelings impossible that an educated people—could long remain slaves . ( Great applause . ) It was the use of such meetinss that they did not pass away with a passing hour , but read them a constant admonition . ¦ . What did they see before them ? A man whose breast overflowed with the milk of human kindness—a man without guile , and whose heart yearned to bless mankind . That man was lodged in gaol for two years on the villainous falsehood —( for knowing the man the term was not too strong)—that he had instigated his fellow men to the destruction of lite and property . ( Hear , hear . ) Their presence there that night gave the lie to such an allegation . ( Cheers . ) But so it always was whenever a bold , determined , and talented man arose among the working

      classes , with the fixed intent ot emancipating his class from thraldom , the possessors of property and political power immediately set every engine at work to crush him . His character was calumniated , his principles misrepresented , and hia person imprisoned , ( Hear , hear . ) If Mr . Cooper , moved by the wrongs of his class , did say at Stafford certain words which were called seditious , let it be remembered that , in the words ofthe old adage , " words break no bones . " But contrast the treatment for the speaking of such words with that accorded to murderers and thieves _, ilis official duty let him into the interior of their gaols . There he found that some drunken brute ofa husband , for nearly murdering his wife , received an imprisonment of six weeks or two months . ( Hear . ) The hon . gentleman proceeded to notice two cases of murder which came , under his own notice , one in

      which a son stabbed his father , the other in which a boy deliberately stabbed another . Both were called manslaughter , and punished , the first by one month ' s imprisonment , and the other bv a fortnight ' s . ( Great sensation . ) The most trifling offences against property were punished in the most ferocious manner ; and this led him to the conclusion that our legislation required the infusion of a larger reverence for man , and less for that which he produced . ( Cheers . ) The Hon , Member then proceeded to comment upon Mr . Cooper ' s opinions respecting non-resistance , and after having eloquently urged the necessity of toleration and the spread of knowledge , he again expressed the gratification he felt in being present to pay his tribute of admiration to the worth and ability of Mr . Cooper , and on leaving the room shortly after , was greeted with three enthusiastic cheers , and one cheer more . Mr . Eraser was then called to the chair .

      Mr . Cooper , in rising to return thanks , was received with long-continued applause . lie said that it was impossible for him to receive that address , and hear the manner , in whieh the Chairman and Mr . _Fraser had spoken of him , without being affected to tears , and more especially when he was conscious of nothing but infirmity . The speaker then proceeded to recommend the selection of virtuous men only as their leaders , and the promotion of self-education as the only means of either obtaining or retaining the political power . Did they ever know a nation achieve any amount of political freedom by physical force , and keep it without knowledge ? ( Cheers . ) Mr . Cooper concluded by saying , that he felt extreme gratification in receiving this token of what he believed

      tube their heartfelt respect for him , and he should ever be proud to continue his exertions for the elevation ofthe class to which he belonged . Mr . _FeahodsO'Conxob now rose , rapturously applauded . He said , he had more than ordinary p leasure in attending the meeting . He most willingly accepted the invitation ; he did so , first , as he was desirous of doing honour to Thomas Cooper ; secondly , because the tongue of scandal had been busy in asserting that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was opposed to this night ' s proceedings , than which nothing could be more fake . ( Hear , hear . ) He would not now enter into antagonism with a certain doctrine of Mr . Cooper's , as he did not think this was either the time or place . Education had been alluded to , he ( Mr .

      0 Connor ) hadagain and again counselled it , and that class to which Mr . Cooper belonged , had just shown the fruits of their .. " Knowledge , " by establishing the " Working Man's own Shop , " as an effectual mode of resisting the oppression of their tyrannical employers , and he trusted the other trades , and the great body of the Working Classes , would shew their practical knowledge , by giving their orders for boots and shoes , and taking their cash ( as he intended to do ) to the National Boot and Shoe depot , 151 , Drury Lane , ( Great cheering . ) He dissented from previous speakers , when they said he would be more useful in the House of Commons . His conviction was , that he was much more useful out of that house , than he could possibly be in it . He did not think

      with Mr . Cleave , that it would take 1 , 000 years to obtain the laud , on the contrary , he thought as soon as Sir Robert Peel's Corn BUI had passed , great progress would immediately be made in both the Charter and Land questions . ( Hear , hear . ) America had taken the tone from us , and they now lustily shouted , "No land , no rifle . " ( Great applause . ) He had seen the propriety of placing the Charter first , and the Land question second . He thought whilst children worked twelve hours a day , it was impossible to educate them ; but obtain the Charter , and ample time would be gained for their instruction . ( Loud cheers . ) They had met to honour the genius of Mr . Cooper ; to shew the tyrants that however much they may imprison our advocates , the people will always be

      ready with open arms to receive the virtuous victims of oppression , on their release from captivity . ( Great applause . ) A Trades Conference would be held on Whit-Monday in Manchester , over which Mr . Dnncombe would preside , and he trusted that they would not let the opportunity slip , but that they would take care tha the democracy of the trade 3 was duly represented . Shortly after that the Chartist convention would be held in London , which it was their interest to watch over ( hear , hear ) . He expected some good to result from the next dissolution of Parliament , when he hoped to see some such men as Mr . Cooper meet with support . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor concluded by giving the following sentiments , and sat down loudly applauded— " The People ' s Charter , may the glorious principles contained therein soon be made the law of these realms . " Mr . A . Campbell , in an excellent speech , gave"The glorious minority of 31 , who voted with the

      patriotic Duncombe _, for the liberation of our beloved brethren , Frost , Williams , and Jones . " The next sentiment was— " The democratic press of all nations , may it persevere in its exertions until peace and happiness be extended all over the world . " Responded to by Mr . Washington Wilks _, The next sentiment was— "William Thorn ,, and our literary guests , " responded to in a speech of great eloquence by Mr . Walter Cooper . Mr . Thomas Cooper then sang a new version of the Battle of the Nile which was chorussed by the whole assembly , and received with great applause . Air . W . W . Broome moved a vote of thanks to the donors of the wreath and _olive-branch , and said , although at present out of employ , he would ( as the surplus would go to the Exiles , Widows , and the aged Patriots Funds ) give Is . for a copy ofthe " Address , " in hopes that his example might be widely followed .

      The motion was seconded and carried , and the example set by Mr . Broome brought a considerable increase to the funds . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Frazer for his services in the chair , and the meeting dissolved .

      Fatal Railway Accident.—On Friday Evenin...

      Fatal Railway Accident . —On Friday evening as the 415 train from _Paddington passed through the Sydney-gardens Tunnel , near Bath , a jolting of the carriages was perceived by Cosgrave , the conductor . On arriving at the Bath station he immediately gave information to the night superintendent , Mr . Henry , who at once despatched a policeman and some labourers to the spot . Having proceeded about 100 yards up the tunnel , they discovered the body of John Sheppard lying outside the off down rails , in a frightfully mutilated condition . The head was entirely severed , the heart torn out , and the left arm completely cut from the body . Altogether the corpse presented a most horrid aspect . The remains were

      collected and conveyed to the Crown public-house , Bathwkk-street , where an inquest was held on Saturday before Mr . A . W . English , the borough coroner . From the evidence adduced , it appeared tbat the deceased was stationed at the Bath wick tunnel about eight or nine days since , in consequence of a slip which had taken place on the north side . He had nothing whatever to do with signalling the trains , unless in case of danger , of which there was no appearance at the time lie met bis death . Deceased had been iu the service of the company from the formation ofthe line , and had been selected as watchman at this spot on account of his sober and steady habits . He was a fine powerful man , 87 years of age , and has left a widow and one child . A verdict of "Accidental Death" was recorded .

      Horrible Tragedy On Saturday Afternoon, ...

      HORRIBLE TRAGEDY On Saturday afternoon , about three o ' clock , a inos ' dreadful occurrence took place on _Battersea-bridgc , a mother throwing into the river Thames her three children , two of whom were drowned . It appears from inquiries made on the spot , that , about the hour nbovo stated , a young woman , decently clp . d , wag observed to proceed on to Battersea-bridge , from the Chelsea Bide , accompanied by three children , one a boy , about seven years of age ; a girl , about four years of age ; and an infant in arras , also a girl , about ten months or a twelvemonth old . When she got to the middle of the bridge

      she walked te and fro a few yards in a hurried manner , and then threw the clildren one after the other ever the railiugs into the river , and was getting over tho balustrades herself , when she was prevented doing so by the passers by , who secured her , and gave her into . the custody of policemanWoolgar , T 54 . who opportunely came up and took her to the station house , in _Milman's row . At the station-house , she stated her name to be Eliza Clark , her age 24 years ; that she is the wife of James Clark , a journeyman painter , living at No . 7 , Cumberland-street , Marlborough-road , Chelsea , and that the children were her own .

      During the time occupied by the above proceedings , attempts were being made on the river to save the unfortunate children , which weresuccessful in one instance , that ofthe second child , ( a girl ) , four years old , which was immediately carried to the Swan public-house , at the Surrey side of Battersea-bridge , where it received every attention tbat its exhausted state demanded , and is recovering . The infant child was also promptly got out , but life was quite extinet , and the body was carried to the Adam aud Eve public-house ; in Puke-street , Chelsea , where it awaits the coroner ' s inquest . Shortly before four o ' clock the wretched woman was removed in a cab to the Westminster police-court , Vincent-square , for examination .

      EXAMINATION OP THE PEIS 0 NEB . As the Westminster police-court was about to close at five o ' clock on Saturday afternoon , Eliza Clark , aged twenty-four , residing at No . 7 , Cumberland-street , Marlborough . road , Chelsea , was placed at the bar , before Mr . Burrell , charged with throwing her three infant children into tbe Thames from'Battersea-bridge . The accused , who is stated to be the wife ofa journey _, man painter , although somewhat meanly dressed , was a pattern of cleanliness and neatness , and had the appearance of a respectable quiet woman .

      _James Ferryman , pot-boy at the Adam and Eve , Duke _, street , Chelsea , said—At about five minutes before three this afternoon I-was in theback yard of our house , which looks upon the Thames , and is close to Battersea-bridge . I was on a sudden startled by hearing something splash in the water , and I leoted towards the spot , and saw a second child go from the centre of the bridge into the water , aad then I saw another one go in from tbe Bame place . I immediately went and told my mistress that I had seen a woman throw her children over the raUings _« f Batteriea . _bridge into the water . Mr . Taylor , the chief clerk—Did you Bee any person throw the children into the water ! Witness—Yes , after hearing the first splash , which I suppose must have been caused by a child , I saw the prisoner throw the two others into the river ; there did not appear to be much struggling .

      Examination continued—The children were alive at the time they were thrown into tha water . 1 saw one of them kicking as it fell into the water . I told my master , and we jumped intoa boat and put off towards them . I saw a man afterwards bring a child out , I afterwards went on the bridge and saw the prisoner standing near the parapet . Jesse Hattan , a gardener at Wandsworth—I was passing over Battersea-bridge , at about three o ' clock , when I observed tho prisoner walking backwards and forwards

      in a very hurried manner and as she seemed to be in the act of _jumping over I took her by the arm . I asked her what she was going to de , and she said she had thrown her children over there . I looked over , and seeing two children in tbe water , inquired what she did it for ? She said , "Distress . She thought she bad better see her children go before . her . " . I called a boat , and saw one child picked up and taken to the Swan public . liou . se , on the Surrey side of the bridge . Mr . Burrell—What age did the child appear to be ? Witness—About two years and a half 2

      On the prisoner being asked by Mr . Taylor whether she wished t _» put any questions to the witness , she replied with much eagerness but in a subdued tone , "Have you got my baby ? " - ¦ ¦ . . . John Hinchin , a labourer , was crossing the bridge when the prisoner called out , " Here , hero , do you see my children in the water . " She repeated this four or fire times . Witness went to the spot and saw the children floating in the water . Witness observed , " I never saw so affecting a sight . " One child appeared to he about two years and a half old ; the other younger , Witness saw but two : Witness saw one picked up , apparently the eldest ; the other floated a few yards higher up , and disappeared , and , although the witness looked several times , he could not see it . Thomas Fordery , a waterman , who passed by directly after the children bad been thrown into tbe water , proved picking up one and taking it to the Adam and Eve .

      Police-sergeant 20 V , informed the magistrate that the child was dead which had been taken to the Adam and Eve . Dr . Wansborough had attended her , and had used every means that could suggest themselves to restore bor , but in vain . Robert Woolgar , 51 V , stated that on hearing that a woman had thrown her three children into the water , he took her into custody . She said that her husband had ill-used her ; that he would be home again at night to ill * use her , and the children should not see it . Mr . Burrell inquired as to the fate ofthe poor children . The police replied that the one at the Swan gave every prospect of recovery ; there was a second still in the water , and a third dead at the Adam and Eve , as had been stated . . Mr . Burrell asked the prisoner whether she wished to say anything ?

      Prisoner looked eagerly around her , and ejaculated in a low tone—He said , " Good by , " when he went out this morning ; he has not said so for a long time before . He doubled his fist in my face when he went out , and said , " I'll come home thundering drunk , and I'll be hung for you . " He broke the panel of the door by knocking my head against it . Mr . Burrell . —Have you anything to say as to drowning your children t Prisoner ( incoherently ) . — " Suppose I had died my poor children would be starved to death . It ' s a hard struggle now to get them a bit of bread . I have done all I could . " Mr , Burrell remanded the prisoner until Wednesday .

      The distressing and melancholy affair has created an intense sensation throughout the neighbourhoods of Battersea and Chelsea , and during the remainder of the afternoon the bridge and waterside were crowded by persons anxiously watching the search making for the body of the missing child , which was continued until dark , but without success . A large crowd was also collected round the police-station in Milman ' s-row , which is near Battersea-bridge , until the removal of the miserable woman for examination at the Westminster police-court . From inquiries which have been made by the police since the examination , it appears that the wife , about three-quarters of an hour before she tbrew her children into the water , called with them at the house of her uncle , Mr . K . Champ , No . 13 , Wellington-street , Manor-street , King _' _s-road , Chelsea , and . there , _campioiuad erf th * Hitreatment she alleged she had received from her husband , and remained there about a quarter of an hour , and Mr . Champ seeing her excited state , asked heron

      her leaving to come back to his house to tea , as by that time his wife would be home . She , however , said she could not promise , as she was going under tbe arch of _Bsttersea-bridge , a remark wbieh Sir , Champ unfortunately took no notice of at the time , and she then left , taking the thres children with her . That was about half-past two o'clock . About a quarter of an hour after her departure one of Mr . Champ ' s children found a letter on the bed in one ofthe rooms into which Mrs . Clark had been , which she gave to her father . It was addressed to William Clark , her husband , and on its being opened , the contents were found to be to the following effect : — That her husband had for a long time past continually illused her on coming home drunk ; that he had a night or two before come home aud knocked her head through the panel of the door ; that she hoped that he would treat his next wife better than he had her ; that she wished to see the children go before her ; and that before he would receive that letter she and her children would be under Battersea-bridge .

      William Clark , the husband and father of the Children is by trade a journeyman painter , and up to ten o ' clock at night he had not been seen since the morning , nor had the police been able to succeed in their inquiries as to whose employ he is in , or where he is at work , ' The house in which the family lived ; Mo . 7 , _Cumberland-street , Marlborough-road , Chelsea ! is , it appears , let out iu tenements . Clark aud his wife occupied the front parlour , a room but scantil y furnished . The former bean the character ofa very dissipated man while his wife is stated to bear amost excellent character ' and is a remarkably quiet and meek woman . Clark is stated to have been formerly in the police , _itisbslieveu in the G division , but was dismissed for misconduct .

      Mrs . Innwood , a lodger in the house , states that she heard Clark and his wife quarrelling en Friday night ; but she could not be got to state to what extent the quarrel was carried . Mrs . Clark , she stated , had that ( Saturday ) morning said that she had had quite enough to make her go and drown herself . No trace had up to eleven o'clock been discovered of the eldest boy William , seven years of age , whom some people think was not with her at the time that she threw the two younger ones into the water , and in case that should be the fact , the police last night sent a description of the boy throughout the different divisions . He is stated to be of a dark shallow complexion , very dark under the eyes , very thin , and dressed in a corduroy suit of clothes , without any cap or hat on , a brown hollnnd pinafore over his dress , and a pair of new leather boots on .

      The statement contained in the letter spoken of , left behind by the wife , is much supported by the examination of the room made by the police , as one of the panels of the door , an upper one , is found to be broken , and the fracture is a very recent one . Late on Saturday night it became known to the police

      Horrible Tragedy On Saturday Afternoon, ...

      tint James Clark , the husband , had b « en seen in the neig hbourhood ef Battersea-bridge by persons who were acquainted ; 'with'him , ' to whom he stated -that"he " wa « looking for the lost child . He appeared to be in a . very excited state , and partially intoxicated , and told his friends that he was at work at Lambeth when the news ofthe death of his children reached him , and that he had since been driving about town in ' a cab to make known to his relatives tlie calamity that liad befallen hiro . From that time ( eleven o ' clock ) until three-quarters past two o ' clock yesterday morning , he continued wandering about the neighbourhood , and at the latter hour he was

      found by a policeman lying drunk arid incapable of taking eareof himself in Beaufort-street , Battersea-bridge , and was convoyed to the game station-house as his wife had been on the previous afternoon , and locked up . During yesterday he was visited at the station-house byseveral persons to whom he was known , to two of whom he applied to bail him , but who took time to consider the propriety of liberating a man in his excited _Btate of mind ; and up to six o ' clock last evening he was still ' an inmate of the station-house . To-morrow ( Monday ) be will have to appear at the Westminster police-court , to answer the charge on which he was apprehended

      On inquiry on Sunday at Mr . Gosling ' s Swan Tavern , Battersea , as to the state of the little girl whieh was fortunately restored to consciousness , our reporter was informed that she had so far recovered as to be able to be removed , and that she had yesterday forenoon been fetched away bj Mrs , Clark , step-mother to Jumos Clark , the father , who had taken her to her own _resideoce , No . 43 , Jacob-street , Dockhead , _Barmoudsey . The child at its removal appeared quite lively , and fast recovering .

      INQUEST ON THE _CHILDEEN . On Monday ' afternoon Mr . T . Wakley , M . P ., held an inquest at the Adam and Eve Tavern , Duke Street , Chelsea , on view ofthe body of Jane Clark , aged only 13 months , one of tbe unfortunate children thrown over Battersea-bridge on Saturday last . The Coroner arrived at 2 o ' clock , at which time a great number of persons had assembled outside the house , aHd the inquiry seemed to be looked forward to with considerable interest , which was subsequently increased by a knowledge of tho fact that the husband of the unfortunate woman would be present as a witness . The jury having been sworn and a foreman chosen , The Coroner directed Hawkings , the summoning officer , to produce the deceased child . The officer returned in the course of a few minutes with the body , which he laid on tbe table , and uncovered it for the inspection of the jury . A more beautifully formed and finer-grown child for its age there could scarcely be seen .

      The Coroner remarked , that the appsarance of the child indicated that there had been no immediate want of food ; and inquired whether there was any witness present to identify the deceased , when , The summoning officer said , tbat the father ofthe child was in attendance . This person was then brought in , and he appeared to engage general attention . His age was apparently 28 or 30 , and he was evidently suffering- from great mental excitement , The witness having been sworn , said , my name is James Richard Clark . I am a painter , residing at No . 7 , Cumberland-street , Chelsea . The body of the child on the table is that of my daughter . She was just turned 12 months . The last time I saw her alive was on _Saturdsy morning , at from a quarter to half . _pnst 5 . She was

      then in bed along with me . There was no one else sleeping in it . Her mother was up . I left the child there , and quitted the house at half-past 5 o ' clock . I went to work at the Constitution public house , Churton-street , Vauxhall-bridge-road , leaving the three children at home . Their names were William Matthew , aged 7 years last January ; Emma , turned 2 years ; and the deceased . They were all well . My wife was there at the same time . She appeared very well when I left . I told her I should not be at home so early that night as , being Saturday , I should stop and have a pint along with my mates . She made no remark , and was apparently in her usual state of mind . We have been married about four years . I

      have had two children by her , but the eldest is by my first wife . She is a sober well conducted woman , and attended to her duties as a mother . She had not complained to me of a pain in her' head . She was up all the previous night . I did not know the reason , and I did not ask her why she sat up . When I got heme on Friday night , about halfpast 11 o'clock , I bad had about two or three pints of beer . I was not sober , nor yet drunk . I knew perfectly well what I wa 3 about . Nothing particular passed , but we had some words about the boy . I said I _suppose he has been nursing all day , when she replied , "D—— and b— - the boy , " and I then gave her a slap in the face , and never spoke to her afterwards . A juror . —Did you strike her more than once ?

      The Coroner . —He is not obliged to say tbat he struck her at all . He is not bound to say anything to criminate himself . I dare say , gentlemen , you will not have an opportunity of seeing the person charged with the murder of this child . Her husband may say wLat he likes about her . All manner of statements may be made against her in her absence , and she has no means of hearing and rebutting these statements . I really cannot go on with tho evidence . When you are here to discharge a solemn duty you cannot enter into it properly without the presence of the accused party . The coroner then ordered the body to be removed _. The Coroner . —Hare you ever known your wife to make an attempt on her own life ? Witness . —About a month after I married her I was told that she tried to poison herself . I don't know it from my own knowledge—I was informed so . No niodical man was then called in .

      The Coroner . —You have not as yet stated what your wife was doing the night she was up ? Witness , —I _do'nt know , I was asleep , and I do ' nt know whether she had lain down at all . She had never been up all night before . When I went out in the morning she was not crying . A Juror . —Did you ever hear her speak disrespectfully of the boy before ? The Coroner . —I have already stopped that question . James Perryman , pot-boy at the Adam and Eve , said ,

      that in the afternoon of Saturday last , about five minutes before 3 o ' clock , he heard a splash iu the water , and on looking up the river he saw a child thrown over the bridge . Witness at that time was in the garden at the back of the house . He went and informed his mistress of what had happened , and she told his master , who was in the cellar . He went and got a pair of skulls and pushed a boat oft ' . Mr . Beeves and a stranger got into the boat , but he did not see the children got out . When he got to the bridge he taw a man carrying the deceased up the steps .

      Thomas Fordrey , a waterman , of Wandsworth , said that he got the deceased child out of tbe water . He knew-of its being in from hearing an alarm on the bridge . Witness saw the deceased floating on the surface of the river , about 40 yards above the bridge . There were no marks of blood on the child ' s cheeks . Deceased was brought to the above house , a medical gentleman was sent for , and everything done to restore it , but without success . The Coroner inquired if there was any evidence to bring forward that would ideutify the woman as being the party who threw the children into tbe water . Mr . Superintendent Bicknell , of the V division , said that there were two person ? , one named Hinchin , and the other Jesse _Hiiminond , gardener to the Earl of Bes . borough , at Wandsworth .

      Jesse . Hammond , the witness alluded to , was then sworn , and stated that ou the afternoon in question , he was passing over Battersea-bridge in his lordship ' s cart , when he observed a woman cross hurriedly from the lower to the upper side of bridge . He saw no children with her , but her actions were so extraordinary that he got out of the cart , and said , " My good woman , what are you going to do ! " She replied , '* Why , you look there ; you will see my children . " He looked iu the direction she pointed , aud saw the children in the water . There were two of them . Ho called for a boat diroctlj . His reason for calling to the woman was because he _thought she was going to make away with herself . She bad her hands and one foot on the railing of the bridge . She did not call for assistance . He did not know the woman or her name . He had no doubt that it was the same who tbrew the children into tbe water . Should know her again . She w * _s not intoxicated . By a juror—She said she threw the children in .

      The Coroner , _addresMBg' the jury , said—If it is your desire , gentlemen , that an application should be made for the production of the accused woman at the adjourned inquest , it shall be made . A juror—Do you think the application wiU be successful ? The coroner—No , indeed , I do not ; but it is nothing more thau right that the accused should be present to hear what is stated against her ; and , as a proof of how important it is to the interest of a prisoner , he would mention a case that occurred the other day . An inquest was held upon a woman who was alleged to have been murdered by her husband ; and a woman who came

      forward to give evidence perjured herself the first word she spoke . She was not aware that tbe accused was at the time in the room . He rose , and through the court put several questions to the witness , She committed 8 tichgn » 3 perjury tbat she was ordered to leave the room . He would only remark , that had that man not been present , the woman's statement would have been received in evWeuce—probably would have remained uncontradicted—and the accused party committed to take his trial mainly from her testimony . . The- worthy coroner then made some remarks relative to ' the conduct ofthe Commissiener of Police and magistrates in throwing obstacles in tbe way of justice , instead of assisting , as he thought they ought , all coroners'juries .

      The Coroner then inquired of the superintendent ofthe police if his request for the production of the prisoner had been made known to the magistrate . The superintendent replied that one of the sergeants had attended at the Westminster police court that morning . Sergeant Brien ( 20 V ) said he had seen the sitting magistrate , and that he stated he had no power to send her there . The coroner then said , it would be necessary to adjourn the inquest , as there was no proof before them of the cause s > f the child ' s death . It might have arisen from a blow , but to bo satisfied on that point it was absolutely necessary that the body should be opened . The inquiry was adjourned for a week , and the wit . esses andjury bound over to appear , u * ¦ - _~ -

      Re-Examinatign And Committal Of The Pris...

      RE-EXAMINATIGN AND COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONER . On Wednesday , at tho Westminster Police-office , Eliza Clark , who has been before described as a person , although poorly clad , of exceedingly neat and cleanly appearance , was immediately after the disposal , of the night charges , brought into eourt . Her husband , who was fined at this court on Monday for drunkenness , was standing at the end of the dock , and as she ascended the steps lending to it she caught a glimpse of him , and her countenance , before serene , assumed an expression of horror , and she sank on the seat . H « r husband covered his face with his right hand to hide his features , and immediately moved to another part of the

      court . We are not aware whether the magistrate noticed this , but he immediately ordered that her husband should leave the court . 'The evidence of the witnesses before taken was then read over , and they were severally asked whether they wished to add anything to their former statements , and replied in the negative . Richard Champ , of 13 , Wellington-street , Chelsea , uncle to the accused , was then put into the witness-box , and said—The child I saw dead on Saturday , at the Adam and Eve , was my niece , but I don't know her name . The prisoner had three children residing with her at home : two of these were her own , the third was a child of her husband ' s by a former wife . I saw them between 2 and 3 o ' clock on Saturday . The prisoner called at my house at that time with the children , and remained until nearly 3

      o ' clock . Mr . Taylor , —Did she say anything about her husband ? Witness . —She spoke about her hushand _' _s having illtreated her , The witness produced the following letter whieh had been written by the prisoner : — " Eliza Clark , wife of James Richard Clark . —Now , my Jemmy , you need not trouble me with any more of your threats , because I don't mind , and hope that the next wife you get you'll know how to use them , and not acta brute to them , as you have to me , and bit ! me good bye in the morning , and come home at night and knock my head through the panel of the door , and break my rest tho whole of the night , and swear in the morning that you would come home drunk at night and kill me ; and I'd rather prefer seeing my children go before me ) aud then I shall know they did not starve . " Ou the back of the letter was written : — "And if you go to Battersea-bridge , you will find the children there ;" and it was addressed to her uncle Champ .

      The prisoner ' s former statement , having been read over , she was asked whether she wished to add to it , and replied in the affirmative , Frisonerthen saidin alow , subdued tone of voice , —We were married in 1841 , and , my husband has ' been frequently out of work , and we have seen a great deal of distress . In the first year"he ' was 13 wteks out of work at one time , and when my Emma was a baby we we * e _se badly off that I was obliged to go to service , andhadhalfa-crown a week , but when he got work I went home again . In the next year he was out of work four months , and I have on many a night wrapped my poor child under my shawl and gone out into the streets and begged to support us . He has been out of work for-two months this year , and last week I took off my flannel petticoat and pledged it to ' support my family , and was obliged to sell the little _regaining rags of clothing belonging te myself and children on Saturday morning to buy the poor little creatures bread , and thou we had nothing left but the things we stood upright in .

      Mr . Taylor . —Have you anything to say in answer to the charge brought against you ! Prisoner ( calmly ) . —He was a good husband when sober , but , like other men , when drunk was violent . He was a good husband and a good father when sober . The prisoner was then fully committed to Newgate for trial , and the witnesses bonnd over to prosecute . The prisoner then quietly walked out of the dock , looking vacantly around her .

      Horrible Outrage. The Residents Of Westm...

      HORRIBLE OUTRAGE . The residents of Westminster and its vicinity were on Tuesday evening thrown into a state of the greatest excitement , in consequence of its having become generally reported that a woman had been killed by her husband , he having thrown her out of a three pair of stairs window , after inflicting several wounds upon her . We regret to say that there was too much truth in the report , and that an outrage had been committed of the most atrocious character , and one which will , in all probability , subject the perpetrator of it , to a condign punishment .

      The following is the substance of the statement made by the witnesses at the police-station , in Rochester-row . A brickmaker , named William Luff , has for upwards of a twelvemonth been cohabiting with a young woman who has passed as his wife , but whose name is unknown even , as he alleges , to the man who has been living with he ? . They took up their quarters a week ago at No . 4 , Pear-street , a low house let out to persons of very indifferent character , where the atrocious violence we are about to record was committed . At about seven o ' clock , Luff returned home , and a violent quarrel was heard in their room by other residents in the house , but as matters of the sort are » f nightly _occurrence'to Ionplaces of this description , it was perfectly unheeded .

      Alter it had been tor some time evident by her cries tbat he was beating her most unmercifully , he seized her by the waist and threw her out of the window , and the poor creature , after falling with her head upon the wall which divides the yard from another , dropped into the yard . The thieves and prostitutes ofthe immediate vicinity , whose attention had been drawn to the room by the poor woman ' s criesto their credit be it spoken—hemmed the _fallow in his room , and took the senseless victim of his brutality to Westminster Hospital , whilst others went in quest of a policeman . # Robert White , 100 B , on being acquainted with the circumstances , hastened to the spot , and entering a back room ou the second

      floor , found Luff with a knife in his hand . He immediately struck him on the wrist | with his truncheon , and having induced him to lose his hold of the weapon , took him into custody , and conveyed him to the police-station in Rochester-row , followed by hundreds of persons . Mr . Taylor , the inspector on duty , examined a host of persons who had something to say on the subject , and ultimately entered filenames of three on the sheet , who are in a condition to establish the above facts . White produced a brick covered with blood and hair , as also several broken articles ot crockory-waie , with a poker in a similar condition , and informed the inspector that there was a pail in the room , in which the poor woman had bled copiously . ' ¦

      The victim ofthe wretch ' s atrocious violence is about twenty yearsof age . Not a feature of her face could be distinguished , from the violence she had received ; and the following is the certificate given by Mr . F . Wildbore , the house surgeon at the Westminster Hospital : — "I certify that a woman , —— — , has been brought to the hospital by 100 B , and is now iu astute of insensibility , and it is difficult to say what may be the consequences . " It is needless to add that the ruffian , who is a strong powerful fellow , was detained . He appeared to be perfectly sober .

      EXAMINATION OP THE PRISONER . At the Westminster Police-court on Wednesday Wm . Luff , alias Wm . _Munfk-ld , was placed in tbe dock . He is -a fellow ol herculean stature and of most ferocious and forbidding aspect . Margaret M'liean , examined by Mr , Taylor , the chief-clerk . —I live at 3 , Pear-street , Westminster , and am an unfortunate girl . Last night at eight o ' clock I heard a woman who lires in the next room to me screaming violently . I immediately went to her door , and saw the prisoner with a poker in his hand , he had hold of her by the hair ofthe head , and I saw him strike heron the head with the poker , and her head bled very much . I ran away . I was very much frightened . I heard the womun call fur a policeman , several tim « s as loud as she could . Sarah Green , sworn . —I am a char .

      woman and live in the same house as the injured woman At eight o'clock I heard violent screams from the two pair back , which induced me to go te her room . 1 saw the prisoner beating the woman with his fists , and I tried to get her out of tho room . She was covered with blood , The prisoner struck me in the face , aud , finding I could not get her out of tbe room , I went down stairs , As I was going down I _^ heard the prisoner say , "You ¦ , I'll throw you out of window ; " and I had scarcely entered , my own room , when I saw the poor woman fall past the window into the yard . My young man and I went down and picked her up . Sliewasquite senseless ; and he , with two others , took her to the hospital . She had a poker wound on the face , and another wound on the back of the head . Thomas Carter ( who cohabits

      with the last witness ) sworn . — I heard a noise upstairs , and saw a woman fall past my window into the yard , 1 then ran into the yard and found her lying near tlie _waterbutt on her back . She was bleeding from the nose . She never spoke , and I thought she was dead . I , with assistance , conveyed her to the hospital . Police constable Jtobert White , 100 B , sworn . —I took the prisoner into custody at a quarter-past 8 o ' clock . He hud been drinking , but knew what he was about . He was sitting with a knife in his band , and said he would run it through the first who came into the room . I struck him on the wrist with my truncheon , and he let the knife fall . I then with the _assistaneo of another constable got him down the stiiirs . He was very violent . I said , « You had better go quietly •" but he said ho would not . With the assistance of two <• civilians * ' I got him to the station . Witness produced a brick covered with the unfortunate woman ' s hair anil blood , which he found in tho yard ; also some crockerv covered with blood , which he found in the room

      Prisoner , m _awell-measured tone , and evidently considermghis words before he uttered them , said : I _camehome fromwork at the House of Lords at _iialfV past six o ' clock but could not get in . I went out again and returned at eight o ' clock . Pmdmg Icould notget in I then burst the door T _^ M _* _' _™ ° r _len m _- nUt , ! 8 afterwa _^ 8 she came in . mt i'l - 8 e ftre fi _" g 0 U , gs on ' Un " » d _^ e said-( Heie the prisoner repeated a coarse and vulgar exnres . « 0 U ) _Ithen hither beside the head , _wheifshe 7 eS _Sfin _v" _* V' ¦ adl _•« _" «* _^ r again . She then laid hold ot mj finger and bit it . I then sat on the bed , andshe made a bolt towards tbe window , and I fetched her back . The knife was at that time lying by my side . I nest went to the cupboard , to get some victuals . 1 turned round , and she was gone out of tfa _« window , I ( was goug down stairs , _v _, hea a person _^ nocked mo down ,

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      and I became senseless . I know nothing more about if , I deny throwing her out of tbe window . Mr . " Taylor , an inspector of police , intimated to the magistrates that an important witness , who had seen the prisoner take the woman round the waist and throw her out of the window , was not in attendance , and asked for a remand . The prisoner was remanded until _Wednes . day next . The unfortunate victim of th » prisoner ' s brutality was , at a late hour on Wednesday evening , in a most hopeless condition . There is scarcely a feature in her face distinguishable , from the violence with which she has been treated . Her eyes are _ihut , her right jaw is fearfully lacerated , and she is altogether in a most deplorable condition .

      Massacres In The South Seas The Australi...

      MASSACRES IN THE SOUTH SEAS The Australian papers just received bring _detail of the loss of English vessels and massacre of their crews by the savages inhabiting the New Hebridean group . The particulars were brought by the John Williams , missionary brig , which had been visiting the out-stations ofthe _Li . ndon Missionary Society at New Hebrides and New California , and had made special inquiries into several massacres said te have taken place at Mare and the Isle of Pines , and gaining the following mournful confirmation of the reports , lhe first slaughter was that of a boat ' s crew , supposed to belong to the Martha , of Sydney , and suspected to have happened about the end of 1 S 41 . The boat was about to return to the ship when a chief was accidentally struck on the head by one of the _oara . Thinking this to have been done

      intentionally , the natives rushed forward , killed the whole party , and broke the boat to pieces . Being cannibals , the savages cooked the bodies of the sufferers . Next came , the m issionaries learnt , the massacre of the captain and crew ofthe brig Star , at the Isle of Pines In this affair the captain seems to have passed some insult on Matuka , the king of the island . Matuka sent off thirty men in a large canoe with a quantity of sandal-wood for sale . The wood was bought , " and the men allowed on deck to grind their adzes , used in _drei-sing the sandal-wood . One ofthe crew wa _« turning the handle of the grindstone , a native grinding his adze , and the captain ( Ebriil ) standing close by . Watching his opportunity , the savage swung his adze and hit the captain on the face , between his eyes . In a few minutes 17 oi the crew

      were killed—10 white men , including the captain , and 7 natives in the various islands of the Pacific . Four of the crew got below , but came up next day on promise of their lives , if they would tal « _J the vessel further in shore . They did so , and were immediately killed . Some of the bodies were cooked , but not all . The vessel was plundered , stripped of her sails and rigging , and then set fire to . This was on the 1 st of November , 1842 . Then came the attack on the Brigand , another sandal-wood vessel at Mare . There were two native teachers , belonging to the London Missionary Society , on the island , who saved some of the crew by their interference and warning ,

      particularly a young gentleman named R . M . Sutton and another , who had gone ashore to spend the Sunday with the teachers . Nine of the crew , however , were murdered on the shore , an attack being made on the vessel at the same time , where a white man was killed and two natives . The next slaughter was that of the entire crew of the Sisters , a cutter from Sydney in search of sandal-wood . This arose out of a disputed barter transaction , the captain giving the chief a rope ' _s-ending . The > avages formed a plot , each to lay hold and dispose of one of the crew . On the signal being given , all on board , numbering 11 , were overpowered and murdered . Four were cooked , the others thrown into the sea . The vessel was set

      fire to . While turning over the plunder on shore , some gunpowder exploded , and many of the natives were wounded and four killed . They thought this was the effect of white men ' s magic , and vowed further revenge . The last attack of the Mare people upon white men , was soon after the taking of the Sisters . A large open boat with seven men in her landed at a place on the south-west side of the Island , thought to be a party of convicts escaped from Norfolk Island . Two of the seven had gone in search of food , when the natives discovered the other five . Actuated by revenge for the disaster they had suffered from the

      gunpowder , they immediately rushed on the whites and killed them . The other two were saved by the missionary teachers , whose kindness they repaid by making off one night with hatchets , other tools , and muskets , invaluable wealth in such a place . They were pursued and recaptured , and permitted to remain on the island unpunished , until they were taken off by the Brigand . It is said that there are white deserters on the island , who urge the natives to these cruelties . Others say that the fault is principally Matuka _' s , who is described as a Wood * thirsty tyrant .

      Burning Of A Glue Factory.—Shortly After...

      Burning of a Glue Factory . —Shortly after daybreak on Tuesday morning , a destructive fire was discovered raging in the glue factory of Mr . Young _. situate Spa-road , Bermondsey . which unfortunately proved the most tearful that has occurred in that district for a considerable time . The premises comprising the factory were of great extent , and owing to their peculiar construction , the upper stories being entirely built of wood , their destruction was exceedingly rapid . The fire is believed to have originated

      by a girder in the furnace flue having become ignited , which communicated with the floors , ifcc . in the boiler house . Before assistance coulc beobtained the flames had extended to the interior of themanufactory . By half-past five o ' clock , no fewer than eight of the brigade engines had been brought to play on the burning mass , notwithstanding which , the fire raged for above an hour afterwards with uncontrollable fury . Before it was checked a great part of the factory and its valuable machinery were destroyed . The damage is estimated at upwards of £ 2 , 500 .

      EXTRAOHDINAY SuiClOE IN THE _RxOENX S CANAL . —On Tuesday an inquest was held before Mr . Baker , at the Black Horse , Kingsland-road , on the body of Elizabeth Adams , aged 33 , who committed suicide by throwing herself off _Haagerstone-bridge into the Regent ' s Canal . _Thejdeeeased resided with her husband , who is a plumber , in 14 , King-street , Hackney-road . About seventeen months ago she suffered great pain on her accouchement and subsequent confinement , and her brain was affected . She received the very best medical advice , but did not recover , and she was

      kept in her room under restraint for eight months . During that time she frequently asked her way to the Regents Canal . She got better a few months since . On Saturday she went to bed as usual . Her husband missed her about four o ' clock on the following morning , and on geins down stairs feund the street door ajar . The woman ' s cloak was found on the bridge , and the body was taken out of the water just below it , by a man named . Taylor . The jury returned a verdict , " That the deceased committed suicide while in a state of mental derangement . "

      Determined Suicide at Blackfriars Bridge .- — On Monday evening , about half-past 9 even o ' clock , a most determined suicide was committed by a poorly clad female , about forty years of age , who ran down the steps on the north side of _Blackfriars Bridge , and plunged head foremost into the river . Everard , a lighterman , immediately went after the woman , and after the lapse of three minutes he succeeded ia getting her out of the water . She was then insensible , and without loss of time she was removed to the Glazier ' s Arms , in Water Lane . Blackfriars . where

      Mr . Hutchinson , surgeon , of . Farringdon Street , attended , but after an hour and a _balPs exertion to restore animation , she was pronounced dead . In her pockets were found a number of pawnbroker ' s duplicates for articles pledged in the name of Ann Dismore , at various pawnbrokers in the neighbourhood of Clerkenwell . The poor creature was seen shortly before the occurrence on the bridge by policeman 319 , of whom she inquired if he had seen the body of the child drowned , no doubt alluding to the recent case of murder at Battersea Bridge .

      Determined Suicide by a Queen s Messenger . — On Satuvday afternoon Mr . Ilillier , one of the Queen ' s messengers , who resided in Princes-street , Pimlico , committed suicide , at his residence , by cutting his throat . During the day the deceased bad been in attendance at the Palace , where he dined with the other messengers , and remained there until Her Majesty and her Royal Consort departed for _Claremont j he then left the palace and proceeded to his residence , when he went into his bedroom and took one of his raiors , with which he committed the act . A heavy fall alarmed his family , who , on entering the room , discovered the unfortunate man , weltering in his blood . Medical aid was instantly procured , but life was extinct , the deceased having cut his throat from car to ear . No . reason can be assigned for the act . The deceased ) during [ his attendance at the Palace appeared to be in the full enjoyment of health and spirits . Tho deceased has left a wile and family .

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      ( Scorbutic ifioneuri , and Scrofula . —Henry Hill , uow a footman to Lord B ., was lately discharged from the Duka of D . ' s service , in _consequence of his having large scorbutic blotches all over his hands and face , to his great disfigurement . For twelve months he was treated by his muster ' s medical attendants , but to no purpose ; mid the case was at last declared incurable , and he was discharged , The poor follow then , as a forlorn hope , commeiieed using Uollowny ' s _l'ills and Ointment , which , effectually eradicated the disease from his blood m less than three weeks .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 9, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_09051846/page/6/